Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.58
Liaison Jim Walker
Submission Date March 2, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Texas at Austin
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.92 / 1.00
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
9,146.18 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
795.55 Tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
92.00

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:
Capital construction projects are required to pursue LEED Silver, which includes C&D diversion. The nature of the Austin market supports high levels of C&D diversion, encouraging project teams to pursue additional LEED points for very high levels of diversion.

Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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